diff --git a/arch/arm/configs/davinci_all_defconfig b/arch/arm/configs/davinci_all_defconfig
index 235842c9ba96..c5bccd9d010e 100644
--- a/arch/arm/configs/davinci_all_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/configs/davinci_all_defconfig
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ CONFIG_I2C=y
 CONFIG_I2C_CHARDEV=y
 CONFIG_I2C_DAVINCI=y
 CONFIG_PINCTRL_SINGLE=y
+CONFIG_GPIO_SYSFS=y
 CONFIG_GPIO_PCF857X=y
 CONFIG_WATCHDOG=y
 CONFIG_DAVINCI_WATCHDOG=m